hop up
hop up · hops up · hopped up · hopping up
To exciteTo excite (people).
» The cat hopped up onto the table.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To excite (people).
(intransitive)To get in a high vehicle.
(intransitive)To stand up quickly.
(idiomatic, transitive)To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up.
Don't let the cat hop up onto the kitchen counter!
More definitions
- make more powerful
Examples
4 sentencesThe cat hopped up onto the table.
Anne hopped briskly up and went to work.
Ziri was hopping up and down on one of the bunk beds.
Hop on up! There's room enough for two.
Forms
hops up, hopping up, hopped up, hopped up| Base form | hop up · to hop up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hops up |
| Present participle | hopping up |
| Past simple | hopped up |
| Past participle | hopped up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedhopped up
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb